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replies  to  the  thousand  and  one  questions,  which  anyone  who  may  be  contem- 
plating a  trip  to  the  famed  Klondike  Gold  Fields  will  naturally  ask. 


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2  AlvASKA    iM.rSTRATORS'    Kr.ONDYKE   AJiT)    YUKON    GUIDE 

THE  GOLD   FIELDS  Lewis  river  is    from    Dyea,  at  the 

The   wonderful    «old    f.elds    now  Lead  of  Lynn  canal,  via  the  Chilcoot 

kn.wn  the  world   over  as  the  Klon-  pasB.     This     d.stance     '«      ^I'^htly 

dike  dinKiugs.    are    situated    on   a  longer  than  that  v.a  the  AV  h.te  pass. 

l,r,a.ch  of  the  Yukon  river,    in  the  A  third  route  to  the  i.-vis  nv.r  is 

Canadian  Northwest  Territories.  via  Fort  Wrangle  and   the  St.ckeen 

(Void  was  discovered  i.i  the  Yukon  river  to  Telegraph  creek  and  thence 

ba.in  in    IMHl    on  a  tributary  of  the  overland  by  pack  train  to  Lake  fes- 

Lcwis   river,   during    the   next   few  l'"- 

ye  .rs  cuUHideral.le  mining  was  done  Still   another   route    is    from   the 

on  the  Hootalinqua.  which  Hows  out  Head  of  Taku   inlet,   a  little  south  of 

of  reslin  lake  and  into  the  Yukon.  J""eau.  thence  overland   by  the  yal- 

Since  then  gold   has   been    found  in  ley  of  the  Taku  river  to  Lake  leslin. 

n.ntitio.   on    Stewirt  river  The  distance  to  Lake  Teslin  by  this 

n  ivinu  quantuies   on    aiewari  ri\Lr,  ... 

Fortv mile    creek.      Glacier    creek,  route  ,s   approximately   the  same  as 

Pirch    creek,    and    last    but  by    no  via  the  Stickeen  route, 

means  least,  the  creeks  tributary  to  ^^    DISTANCES 
the  Klondike. 

Forty-mile  creek   is   for  the  most      Seattle  to  Dyea 884  miles 

part  in   Alaska;   the  headwaters  of  FROM  DYEA 

Sixty-mile  creek   are  also  in  United  M.les                                 Milesjrom  point 

States  territory;  Miller,  Glacier  and  ,.       Head  of  canoe  navigation  (i 

Birch  creeks  were  once  thought  to  j,.^^/  Summit  of  Chilcoot  pass. IO34' 

be  in  Alaska,  but  are  now  known  to  op,^  Head  of  Lake  Lmderman  93/ 

be  in  Canada,    and    of  the  wonder-  3^^  p^^^  ^f  Lake  Linderman  8 

fully  rich  Klondike  there  has  never  3,5^  Head  of  Lake  Bennett...   1 

been  any  doubt  of  its  being  in  Can-  gj^  p^^^  ^f  jake  Bennett.  . .  .26I4 

adi.  64>^  Foot  of  Cariboo  Ci  J;  :ing.   2,V 

81'4:  Footof  Tagish  lake 1<>< 

ROUTES  TO  THE  YUKON  80 -4:  Head  of  Lake  Marsh o 

The   Klondike    may    be    reached      106^  Poot  of  Lake  Marsh 20 

from    two    directions.     One    is    by      123      Head  of  Canyon WH 

ocean  steamer  to  St.    Michael's  is-      I2334:  Foot  of  Canyon 3/ 

land  in   Bering  sea,   and  thence  up  \2o%  Head  White  Horse  rapids  Iji 

the  Yukon   river.    The  other  is  by      140      Tahkeenah   river  14^+ 

crossing  over    the    Coast  range  of  lo3      Head  of  Lake  Le  Barge.  .Ki 

mountains  to  the  headwaters  of  the  187      Foot  of  Lake  Le  Barge ...  31 

Lewis  branch  of  the  Yukon  and  de-      216      Hootalinqua  river 2!» 

scending    bv    boat.      The    shortest      242      Cassiar  bar 2(i 

route   from  SEATTLE    is    that  via      249      Big  Salmon  river 7 

the   White    pass,    and    is    approxi-      285^  Little  Salmon  river   3of.< 

niately  1,074  miles.    Horses  are  used      344      Five  Fingers  rapids 58!^ 

on  this  pass,   hauling  and  packing      3oO      Rink  rapids 0 

fir  its  entire  length   from  salt  water      403^  Pelly  river .53>^ 

to  the  head  of  the  lakes.  499  j4  White  river 90 

Another    available    route    to  the      509      Stewart  river 9>^ 


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ALASKA   IttUSTRATORS'    KI.ONDYKE   AND   VUKOV    Cl  IDK  8 

529      Sixty-mile  post   '20  CONCERNINU  OUTFIT 

540      Dawson  City  "0 

o89      Fort  Reliance           40  ''^^^^'^    liaving    decided     to   tempt 

<129      Forty-mile  post     .              4((  fortune   in   the   Yukon   country  the 

(i29^  Fort  Cudahy                            3^  ^^^^    consi<kration     is    your  outfit, 

879      Circle  City.      '>49i'*'  where  to  jret  it  an^  what   it  should 

„„„„     ■          "       *  consiht  of.  Nothing;  should  I)e  taken 

FROM   CIRCr,K   CITY  .1.  ..  ;                   n                                       'ni^cn 

„         .                       ..v-iii  that  is  superfluous   or  it   will  proh- 

8      Birch  creek     ably  be  thrown  awav  before  the  sum- 

50      Deadwood  creek 4-  mit   of    the    nuMnuains    is   crossed 

50       Greenhorn  creek   .-,  The   outfit   shoul.l    consist   only   of" 

60  Independence  creek r,  your  bedding,    provisions  and  tools 

61  Mastodon  creek 1  for  mining  au.l  boat  bniblin^.  Those 

68      Eagle  creek   7  who  have  the  money    to    invest  fre- 

.  quently  take  in  a   two  years' supply 

of  provisions  and   say  it  is  profitable 
No  one  should  start  for  the  Yukon  f<-r  them  to  <lo   so.     No   one  should 
country  with  less  than   #200  in  cash  go  without  at   least  a   year's  .supply 
after  he   has    purchased   his  outfit.  ^"•'l  t'le  more  you   can  take  the  bet- 
Should   you   be  so   fortunate   as  to  ^^r  you  will  he  off  when    yon  arrive 
find  a  Kood  claim  the   first  season  it  ''t  3'""r  'lestination.     An    outfit   of 
is  likely  that  you  would  not  be  able  f^esli  jirovisions   will  always   find  a 
to    realize     from     it     immediately.  ready  sale   at     high     prices  at   the 
Nearly  all  of  the  summer  claims  re-  mines  and  there  is  never  any  danger 
quire  drainage  lifore  they  can   be  of  taking  in  too   much.     What  con- 
worked  and  that  is  both  tedious  and  stitutes  an  ideal  outfit  depends  much 
expensive.     On    the    winter  claims  "Pon  one's  individual   taste  and  the 
the  pay  gravel  is  taken  out  by  drift-  length  of  his  purse, 
ingand  then   allowed   to  lie  on  the  One  of  the  most  laborious  tasks  in 
bank  uutil  the  following  summer  be-  making  the  trip  to  the  interior  is  in 
fore  the  gold   can   be  washed   out.  constrncting  a  boat.     This  is  gener- 
The  necessity   of   having  sufficient  ally  done  on  the  banks  of  Lake  Beu- 
funds  to  carry  you  over  a  season  is  nett,  a  few   miles   below   Lake  Lin- 
therefore  very  apparent.     The  trad-  derman,  the  best  timber  around  the 
lug  companies  operating  stores  on  shores  of  the   latter  bodv   of  water 
the    Yukon     WILL     NOT     extend  having  all   been   utilized'.      The  tree 
credit,    as  all    their    goods   find    a  from   which    the     lumber   is   to   be 
ready    sale    at    spot    cash.     If  you  sawed  is   first   felled,    then   dragged 
have  not  the   money   to   buy  a  win-  and  mounted  between   the  forks  of 
ter's  outfit  in   the   event   of  a  profit-  two  trees,    which     have    previously 
less  season,  you  will  have  to  subsist  been  found,  at  an  elevation  of  about 
on  a  straight  diet  of  flour,  providing  six  or  eight  feet  above  the  ground 
you  are  lucky  enough   to  have  the  Once  in  position,   a  slab  is  sawed  off- 
flour.     DON'T    go    to    the  Yukon  and  the  log  afterward  squared    The 
broke  or  with  only  a  few  dollars,  or  boards  are  then    marked   and    the 
vr-n  may  have  abundant  reasons  to  hand    power     sawmill   is  ready  to 
regret  it.  begin  operations.    The  saw  used  is 


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of  tlie  whip  saw  pattern  and  is  oper- 
ated by   two    men,     one    staudinfj 
above  on  the  log,  the   other   under- 
neath.    To  thi'  uninitiated  this  is  the 
hardest  kind   of  work   anil  to  make 
an   ordinary    double   ei:ded   bateau 
such  as   is   generally  used   requires 
from  five  to   ten   days,   according  to 
one's    endurance     and    ability    to 
handle  tools  quickly.    There  is  now 
in  operation  a  small  saw  mill  on  the 
right  hand   bank   of  Lake    Bennett, 
immediately  across  the  portage  from 
I,;ike   Linderman.     The     owners   of 
the  mill  make  a   specialty   of  build- 
ing Yukon  boats  and   have   but  lim- 
ited facility  for  constructing  crafts. 
By  purchasing  a  boat  of  them  much 
hard  work  is  saved  as  well  as  the 
time  spent  in  constructing  one.     In 
every  party    of    prospectors    there 
should  be  a  riOe  and  a  shot  gun  as 
there  are  plenty   of  opportunities  to 
replenish    one's     larder    with   wild 
game,  which   will   be  found  a  wel- 
come  change  from   a    diet    of  salt 

pork. 

Another  very  laborious   feature  in 
going  to  the   Yukon   is   in   getting 
one's  provisions  from  IJyea  or  Kkag- 
uay  to  the  lakes,  a  distance  of  twen- 
ty-six  miles.     Indian   packers    may 
be  hired  to   carry   your  outfit,  their 
charge  being  twenty-five  cents  per 
pound.     Those    who   prefer    to    do 
their  own  packing  on  the  Chilcoot 
pass  sled  their  goods   up  the  trail  as 
far  as   Sheep   camp,   which   point  is 
made  a  general  rendezvous  by  every- 
one, it   being  the  last  place   where 
fuel  for  camp  stoves  can  be  procured. 
From  here  to  the  foot  of  the  summit 
the  outfits  are  taken  in   lOO-pound 
'  loads,  the  cache   being   marked  by 
sticking  a  long  pole  in   the  snow  in 
the  event  of  a  heavy   storm   which 
would  cover  everything   up  and  de- 


stroy all  vestiges  of  the  c-  mp.  After 
the  entire  outfit  has  reached  the  foot 
of  the  summit  a  favorable  day  ij 
waited  for  upon  which  to  make  the 
crossing.  On  the  mountain  s-Aorms 
and  bli/./ards  are  of  frequent  occur- 
rence and  are  often  of  such  severity 
that  no  human  being  could  live 
through  them.  Once  across  the 
summit  the  hardest  part  of  the  jour- 
ney is  at  an  end. 


WHEN   TO  START 

Persons   who  contemplate    doing 
their  own   paciiing   across  the  sum- 
mit shoulil  leave  vSeattle  between  the 
first  and  middle  of  March.    At  that 
time    the    water    courses  are  still 
frozen    solidly   and   there  is    abun- 
dance of  well  packed  snow  for  sled- 
ding pvirposes.     As   the  season   ad- 
vances   traveling     becomes     much 
more  difficult  and  expensive.     The 
snow  melts  and  becomes  so  rotten  it 
will  scarcely  bear   up   one's  weight 
and  the  mountain  streams  are  swol- 
len to  small  sized  rivers.     Many  per- 
sons choose  the   month   of  July  in 
which    to    cross  the   summit.     The 
trip  at  that  season  of  the  year  pos- 
sesses less    hardships     than    at  any 
other  time,  and  if  one's  finances  will 
permit  of  his   having   all  his  labor 
performed   by    others    the  journey 
will  be   found   to   be   one  of  much 
pleasure  and   interest,     .^s  a  rule  it 
is   only    those    who    already   have 
claims   located  or    are   in   business 
who  make  the   trip   in  the  summer. 
In  the  spring  when   the  great  influx 
regularly  occurs  the   trail   soon  be- 
comes packed  as  hard  as  adamant 
and  once  beyond  the  summit  pro- 
digious loads  can  be  hauled  on   a 
.sled  drawn  by  but  one  man.     As  the 
ice  in  the  river  breaks  up  several 


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wteks  hcforc  it  does  in  llie  lakes  a 
great  many  either  innchase  or  l)nil<l 
their  boats  iit  Lake  Bennett,  nionnt 
it  on  sleds  and  continue  down  the 
chain  of  lakes  and  river  as  lon;^  as 
the  ice  remains  solid,  often  reachin;,' 
the  canyon  above  White  Horse  r.ip- 
ids  before  it  becomes  necessfirv  to 
launch  the  boat.  During  the  spring 
of  the  year  a  stifT  breeze  will  always 
be  found  blowing  down  the  Yukon 
and  a  sail  hoisted  on  a  sled  will  be 
of  great  assistance  in  moving  the 
load  along.  Those  who  bnild  their 
own  boats  should  construct  them  as 
solidly  as  possible,  as  it  re((uires  a 
staunch  craft  to  stand  the  rough 
water  encountered  in  running  the 
rapids. 


HOW  LONG   TO   STAY 

Tne  length  of  one's  stiy  in  the 
Yukon  may  be  indelinite.  Rut  lit- 
tle can  be  accomplished  in  the  wav 
of  acquiring  a  stake  within  Kss  than 
three  ye;irs,  unless  one  is  extraordi- 
narily fortunate. 

The  first  year  is  generally  spent  in 
looking  over  the  country,  visiting 
the  difTcrent  camps  and  latest  strikes 
and  prospecting  for  a  claim.  If  a 
promising  claim  is  found  the  fir.-t 
y.  ar  the  second  is  fully  occupied  in 
opening  it  up,  either  by  burning  the 
moss  oir  ami  stripping  to  the  pay 
stre  ik,  or  draining  and  bringing  in 
a  ditch  with  sufficient  fall  to  run 
your  sluices.  The  end  of  the  second 
year  should  see  the  claim  ready  to 
begiti  producing  the  following;  sea- 
son ;  one  might  be  able  to  take  out 
some  dust  that  same  fall.  In  cases 
where  the  pay  gravel  lies  eight  and 
ten  feet  beneath  the  surface  work 
may  be  carried  on  during  the  winter 
1)y  drifting.     The  surface   scil  is  not 


removed  in  such  cases,  being  frozen 
into  a  solid,  compact  mass.  .\  sh.-ift 
issunktothe  i)ay  dirt,  then  a  tun- 
nel is  run  lengihwi.se  of  the  same, 
the  gravel  Icing  thawed  imt  by  log 
fires  and  afterward  hoisted  to  the 
surface  where  it  lies  until  water  for 
washing  jmriioscs  may  be  obtained 
the  following  summer.  Thofc  who 
go  to  the  ^■ukon  in  the  spring  and 
come  out  the  same  fall  rarely  make 
their  cxiicn.ses.  Don't  go  unless  you 
are  prepared  to  stay  three  years,  or 
t\v.>  at  the  least. 


THE  JOURNEY 

With  your  outfit,  sled,  etc.,  aboard 
the  steamer  .-t  Seattle,  bound  for 
Dyea  or  Skagnay,  the  run  to  the.se 
points  is  ,S,S.(  miles  and  is  made  in 
four  <!a\s.  Prom  n^  ea  you  tramp 
across  the  summit  to  Lake  Lin- 
<Urman.  Then  a  start  down  the 
chain  of  lakes  is  ma'lc.  Lake  Lin- 
derm.iu  is  eight  nnles  long,  between 
which  and  the  head  of  Lake  Hennett 
is  a  small  stream  connecting  the  two 
bodiis  of  water,  almost  a  mile  in 
leiigtii.  In  the  summer  time  a  port- 
age is  necessary  here  as  the  channel 
is  filled  with  boulders  to  such  an  ex- 
tent as  to  make  navigation  unsafe. 
Ai  Lake  Dennett  a  boat  should  either 
be  built  or  purchased  of  the  estab- 
liihment  located  there.  Mount  your 
boat  on  two  sle.ls,  one  forward  and 
one  aft,  and  pack  your  entire  outfit 
inside  Lnsh  the  .sle.ls  firmly  in 
pbce  au'l  you  are  ready  to  traveL 
Lake  nennett  is  twent\-si.\  miles 
Ions,  with  .'in  average  brcadlli  of  two 
miles.  The  wat(  rs  connecting  Lake 
nennctt  Mith  Tagish  lake  constitute 
what  is  known  as  Caribou  crossing. 
Th?  curient  is  rather  tlugyish  and 
the  channel  is  crooked  and  shallow. 


I 


» 


Alaska  Ilhstkatohs'  Ki.ondvkk  and  Yukon  (Iuidb 


I 


Passing  IhroiiKh  laUes  TaKisli  unci 
Marsh,  the  hitter  twenty  miles  long, 
one  soon  arrives  at  the  head  of  (Irand 
canyon.    The  canyon  is  ahout  thiee- 
ejuarters  of  a  mile  in  lenj;th  and  has 
long  been   considered   a  dan^jerous 
piece  of  water.   It  has  recently  heen 
snccessfnlly  run  by  many  boats,  and 
much  of  the  diin>;er  heretofore  asso- 
ciated with  it  is  concei'dcd  to  have 
been  imanined,     .\  staunch  boat,  a 
level  head  and  some  knowledge  of 
navigating  rajiiil  water  are  the  prin- 
cipal   requifites   of  a    safe    passage. 
The  same   may   be   sriid    of    While 
Horse   rapids,  two   miles   below  the 
canyon.     Hefore  reaching  ilierrti'ids 
a  sign  will   be  obst-rveil   on   the   .eft 
bank.     At   this  point,  if  desired,   a 
landing  can  be  made  and  the  con- 
tents of  the  boats  portaged  over,  a 
distance  <■;  about  one  mile,  and  the 
boat  lined  down  from  the  bank  by 
ropes;  or,  if  after  examination,  it  has 
been  decided  to   run  the  rapids,  ex- 
ercise care  as  yon  did  in  the  canyon 
and  yo\i  will  go  through   all    right. 
The   river  below  the   White  Horse 
has  a  current  of  nearly  eight  miles 
;ni  hour,  which  gradually  decreases 
until  I,ake  I.e  liarge  is  entered.  This 
lake   is  about  thirty -one  miles  long, 
with  an  average  width  of  five  miles. 
Violent  storms  are  of  frequent  occur- 
rence here,  and  much  cue  should  be 
exercised    in     navigating,   a    sharp 
lookout  being  kept  for  squalls.     The 
best  course  is  to  follow  the  left  hand 
bank  and   pass  between   it   and   an 
island   which  will   be   found    about 
half  way  down  the  lai;e.    Nearly  two 
hundred  and  twenty  miles  below  the 
White  Horse  are  the    I'Mve   Fingers 
rapids.     These  aie  not  at  all  formid- 
able, and   by   following  the  passage 
to  the  extreme  right  no  trouble  need 
be  feared.     Five  miles  further  down 


the  river  you   will   pass   the   Rink 
rapids,   but     the    obstruction    only 
covers  the  left  half  of  the  river  and 
by  keeping  close  to  the   right  bank 
as  you   go   you   experience  snjooth 
water.     The  river  from  this  point  to 
the  month,   almost    2(xx)  miles,    is 
open  and  free  from   obstructions  of 
any   kind  other  than  islands.     Near 
Fort  Selkirk,  just  lelow  the  month 
of  the  Pelly  river  and  fifiy-tive  miles 
from  the  I'ive  Fingers  is  a  group  of 
island.-,    upon    which    grows    some 
very  good  timber.     It  you  are  bound 
for  Dawson   City,  and   have  a   little 
time  to  S])are  you  can  make  several 
hundred  dollars  by  stojjping  a  week 
or  two  and  jiutting  in   the  time  cut- 
ling  dfiwn    the   merchantable  trees. 
At  the  di;:gings  there  is  gold  for 
e  ;ery   one,    and   if  you   have  good 
health,  plenty  of  pluck  and  endur- 
ance, and  are   mil   afr;iid   of  rough 
work     and     many     hardshijis,    you 
should  be  able  to  make  a  comfortable 
stake  in  a  few  years.     The  jiriucipal 
thing  is  to  make  the  right  start. 


A   VALUAELE   IDEA 


Mark  to  Identify 

It  is  a  good  idea  to  mark  your  su])- 
plics  with  some  conspicuous  nuirk — 
with  some  glaring  color. 

F'or  instance,  a  red  stripe  around 
the  middle  of  each  package,  or  a 
large  bright  colored  spot,  circle, 
square  or  cross,  etc. 

The  immense  amount  of  freight 
and  supplies  landed  at  Dyea  and 
Skaguay  necessitates  some  plain 
identifying  mark,  easier  than  the  or- 
dinary name  and  address. 


O 


the   Kink 
tion    only 
:  river  ami 
ight  bank 
ce  smooth 
is  point  to 
)  miles,    is 
uctioiis  of 
luls.     Near 
:he  mouth 
•-tive  miles 
a  group  of 
OMS    some 
,  lire  hound 
ve  a   little 
ike  several 
inj;  a  week 
le  time  cul- 
tahle  trees, 
is  gold  for 
have  good 
and  eiidur- 
1   of  rou^h 
ships,    you 
■omforlable 
le  principal 
t  start. 


DEA 


•k  your  su])- 
oiis  mark — 

ripe  around 
rkage,  or  a 
ipot,    circle, 

L  of  freight 
.  Dyea  and 
some  plain 
than  the  or- 


Al.ASKA  n.i,i;,sri<AT()K,s'  Ki 

TENDERFOOT  STRIKE 

Manyofiheol.l  miners  «  l,o  have 
'"7  '"   Ah..ka   for  year-,  ,M,d  who 

'■'"prospected  the  Klondike  region 
w.thout  success,  say  that  it  was  ten- 
•Ifrfoot  Ignorance  that  caused  the 
«truf.  A  hitherto  infallihle  rule  of 
phicer  nuning  l,,,s  heen  that  it  is 
useless  to  dig  through  clav.  The  old 
t'"'<-*r  that  prospected  first  when 
Ihey  came  to  clay  stopped,  hut  the 
newcomers  did  not  know  enough  to 
do  so,  a„,l  keeping  on  digging  right 
tlin.ugh  the  clay  made  rich  fm.ls. 

Inink  I'hyscator,  -^ho  came  out 
tins  sun,  ,uer  with  .  y(i,(l(H),  was  for- 
meiiy  ii  \.aiter  on  one  of  the  Vukon 
river  steamhoats. 

.■Mrs.  Wilson,  wife  of  the  a.geiit  of 
the    Alaska   Commercial  Company 
washed  itir,4  from  one  panful  of  dirt 


"M'VKH   AM,    V,K„x   (;,„„,  _ 

j;verl,ree.e  was  l.l.nving;  they  would 
'u isan.l  mconples.sothateach 

«..uM  have  the  henefitofthcther's 
tail  as  a  switch. 

'•Cattle  are  >„  maddened  hv  mos. 

;i-:;l<'- that  they   will   gallop, ,alf  a 

'""'•  «t  top  spfcl  against  the   wind 

",'  ;';;   '-'"'l^'avor  to  .shake  tlie.n  oil, 

••  "1  then  gra.e  untu  the  mos.juitos 

J;'^-^-^  them  ton..   ■  another  dash  for 

"As  the  miners'  ca.nps  are  neces- 

t-inlym  the  lon!,u,ds  nlo„^.  creek 

hottoms    Die    -.fn-rin,,    r  \ 

.        ""-       'ikriiig    from   Uie.se 

pests  IS  consiuerable  " 


MOSQUITOES  A  PEST 

Mo.squitoes  are  the  plagncoflife 
throughout  Alaska  and  the  North- 
west Territory.  Schwatka  says  they 
sting  the  hears  so  as  to  drive  them 
crazy  When  the  poor  animals  are 
driven  by  hunger  down  to  the  river 
in  mosquito  time  they  are  .so  bitten 
about  the  eyes  as  to  become  blinded, 
when  they  die  of  starvation. 

The  late  K.  J.  Glave  wrote  of  the 
pests:     "A  liberal  daubing  of  bacon 
fat  and  pitch  around  the  eyes  and 
ears  of  our  animals  kept  those  sensi- 
tive parts  free  from  the  pests,  and 
when-  my  own  head  grew  so  bumpy 
r  could  not  get  my  hat  on  I  applied 
the  remedy  to  my  own  anatomy  with 
a  good  deal  of  success      When  not 
feeding,  our  horses  would  leave  the 
sheltered  places  and  seek  the  open 
stone  to  avail  themselves  of  what- 


■I 


Vor   Ni.;i,;r) 

SLEEPING   BAGS 
FURS,   Etc. 

C«^:m'S:^L'^;'^' ^""^«'    '^"•-  Mittens 

cornet  Rood,  l^r      e  v,''l"  "''"'■■•*•  '^e  oiilv 
round  at    """'"'^'"''  ^"ko,!  cuni.try,  to  be 


R.  FETKOVITS* 


110  Marion  St.,  bet   Hir.st 
and  Second  Avenues.' 


Seattle. 


FUR  CAPS 


SLEEPING  BAGS 
ROBES 


C.  C.  BERG 


711    First  i\ve.         CoULstein 


Hat  Co. 


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ALASKA    Ir.LUSTKATORS-    Kl.ONDYKB   AND    VUKON    GUIDE 


i; 


MINERS  POST  YOURSELVES 

A  letter  ol  credit  costs  1  per  cent 
or  flO.OO  a  tliousand  at  this  end  and 
all  of  said  letters  have  to  he  issued 
through  the  Trading  Conipauy's  and 
above  are  made  available  at  the  trad- 
ing posts  of  said  conipatiy's. 

The  company  agree  to  pay  all  let- 
ters of  credit  in  gold  dust  at  $17.00 
per  ounce  or  in  merchandise  at  any 
of  their  stores  at  current  Yukon 
prices,  and  Yukon  gold  dust  is 
worth  about  llo.oO  per  «/..  or  a  loss 
of$1.50toeach  ounce. 

Letters  of  credit  can  only  be  used 
at  the  difierent  trading  posts  of  the 
companys,  there    being    as   yet   no 
banks  in  tliat  country.     As  the  indi- 
viduals who  may  wish  to  procure  pa- 
per to  send  back   to   their  families 
would  not  know  how   to  manage  or 
make  use   of  letters  of  credit,    we 
would  recommend  instead  the  tak- 
ing of  certificates  of  deposit  from  a 
well-known  and  established  bank  at 
Seattle.     As  these  certificates   cost 
the  miner  no  exchange   and  in  turn 
could  be  made  available  in  exchange 
for    goods    at    the    several    trading 
Alaska    Transportation   Company's 
posts  which  may   be   established  by 
individuals  or  companies,  and  being 
independent  of  all   these  the  miner 
holding  such   paper    would  have  a 
field  for  the  negotiation  of  his  paper 
among  the  hundreds  of  miners  who 
will     be    glad    to     get     something 
which  they  can  send   with  safety  by 
mail    to    their     families    or    others 
whom  they    wish    to    make   remit- 
tances to.     These  certificates  being 
negotiable  by  eudorseiiuMit,  the  same 
as  a  bank  draft,   makes  them  a  safe 
paper  to  be  sent  by  mail.    As  we 


understand  the  rale  charged  by  the 
.\laska  Commercial  Co.  for  th^ir  S. 
V.  checks  to  be  '2  per  cent,  it  should 
lend  additional  demand  for  equally 
as  safe  paper,  such  as  certificates  of 
deposit,  which  could  be  had  without 
this  high  exchange  charge  of  JtlUMMl 
on  the  thousand. 


FROM 
SEATTLE 

DIRECT  TO 

DAWSON 

CITY 

This  route  is  without  hardship,  and 
is  one  of  pleasure.  Among  the  many 
vessels  which  are  engaged  in  carry- 
ing the  hosts  of  prospective  million- 
aires from  Seattle  to  the  gold  fields 
of  the  far  north,  the  fine  steamers  of 
the  NORTH  AMERICAN  TRAD- 
ING AND  TRANSPORTATION 
COMPANY  are  justly  entitled  to 
the  front  rank. 


Guide 

charged  by  the 
Co.  for  lh;;ir  vS. 
•  cent,  it  should 
and  for  equally 
s  certificates  of 
be  had  without 
hargeof|;illl.<»0 


)M 
TLE 

T  TO 
SON 

PY 

out  hardship,  and 
Among  the  many 
engaged  in  carry- 
ospective  million- 
to  the  gold  fields 
le  fine  steamers  of 
ERICAN  TRAD- 
\N  SPORT  ATION 
justly   entitled  to 


DlR&GT  TO  KlONDYKB  t^^.T.^'.l' ! 

Bovtb  Hinerican 
XEtanspovtation  anb  XTvabino  (Zo, 

MERCHANTS   AND    CARRIERS 


..  ,  pPpi'at'"-' Sterimer  lines  from  Seattle,  Washington,  direct  to  all  of  the 
(to!<1  iMclds  of  the  Yukon  River  in  the  Interior  of  Alaska  and  the  North- 
west lerntories;  ai:d  has  well  stocked  and  complete  Stores  at  all  of  the 
principal  nnmn<4  towns  on  the  Yukon. 

Tie  Only  Old  Established  Company  Runninc  Steamers  from 
Seattle,  and  Always  Reliable. 

FOR  THE  SEASON  OF 

We  will  have  hwc^v,  last,  new  and  commodious 
steamor.s  loaving  SwUtlo  .Jiiiio  10  and  every  10 
<lays  thereafter  durino-  the  season,  connecting  at 
.St.  Mclinels  with  onr  palace  river  steamers^for 


IIIIINIIIIIIII 


Air,    IViINTS    ox    TIIK 

Yukon  River 

■  ■IllilllllllllllllUIIII Illlllllllllll Mill 

You  can  engage  passage  now  for  Season  of  ISIKS.     I'or  rates  and  furtlier 
information  call  on  or  address  any  of  the  offices  of  the  company. 


S.VN    FRANCISCO   OFFICE:  CHICAGO    OFFICF: 

8  Cnllfor    'aft.  Knnin   200  Olil   Colony  Hl<l|f. 


SFATTI.E   OFFK'K 

«ilH  First  Avrniie. 


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10  Alaska  Illustrators'  Ki.oxuvkk  and  Vlkon  Guidk 

The  Seattle  Times  published   the  [|W  KKi  rHni 

following  table   of  departures  upon  """     '"l"LI'll!L 
the  authority  of  a  well-known  local 

steamship  man.  The  steamers  named,  .^^^^         POD    THP 

with   the  exception   of  the  Elder,  ^ — ^rviK     I  111:: 

which  sailed  from  Portland,  and  the  TRI  P 

Islander,  from   Victoria,  all  leaving 

Seattle:  ~  - 
No.  Heasts  of 

,      ,                 I'ass.  Kurden  Tlie  Fii'.st  Esseiitiul  is,  Siiita- 

July  US,  Al-Ki 200  50  I  1     nwi  • 

July  23,  Queen 400  ^'^'  Clotlung. 

July  25,  Mexico 400  50                            --  -  -  - - 

July  26,  Islander 400  136 

iulv  ^o  FiT'" ''"  '"  *  *^ORD  OF  HDtflCE  REGARDING  IT 

juiy  30,  ±!,iaer.. 415  kx) 

July  31,  Rosalie 146  

July  31,  Edith.. 25  70  Prospectors  going  to  the  Yukon  should 

August  2,  Al-Kl 250  75  bear  in  mind,  that  one  of  the  mo.st  import- 
August  7,  Queen 400  ant  things  to  give  their  attention  to  is  the 

Augusts,   Willamette..,Soo  278  protection  against  the  rigorous  winter...  and 

August  9,  Ajax,  tow. ...   25  2CO  ,,,  ,„ould  strongly  advise  them  to  provide 

Aug.   .2,  Rapid  Transit    r2  1.0  themselves  with    plenty  of    heavy,   warm 

Aug.  12,  Geo.  K.  Starr  80  8<,  ,,„jhi„^ 

Atigust  12,  Topeka 200  so         .,., .      •„  c    ,  •.         

.           ,       '        ^   ..  '^  "'ey  will  find  It  greatly  to  their  tdvant- 

August  12,  Rosalie t<;o  „„.,   .,       r  ,, 

"             '                            -J  age  to  take  a  full  supply: 

August  12,  Edith 25 

August  14,   Utopia 250  50  CLOTHING. 

August  17,  Al-Ki 250  ,So  4  Heavy  Overshirts. 

Aug.  17,  City  Seattle..5cx)  100  .,  c        . 

\          ..        ,^  2  Sweaters,   i  Cap,  i  Mat. 

August  22,  Queeu 4c»  '' 

August  22,  Bristol 400  3  doz.  pairs  Socks. 

August  24,  Rosalie 150  H  doz.  pairs  Mits. 

August  27,  Topeka 200  50  2  pairs  heavy  Blankets. 

Aug.  29,  City  Sesttle...4oo  75  ^  j,^;^^  ^.^^,„^„  g^^^^ 

September  i,  Al  .li 2(X)  100  .     .    „ 

1  Knit  Scarf. 

'^otal 692S  1744  6  pairs  Overalls,  2  Jumpers. 

In  addition  to  the  above  the  fol-  ,  g„j^  Cordurov. 

lowing  steamers  have  sailed  for  the 

Klondyke  via  St.  Michaels:  '  -"^"'^  O''  Clothing. 

July  20,  Portland 250  '  Suit  of  Fleece-lined  Duck. 

August  5,  Cleveland... 250  4  Suit  Heavy  Underwear. 

Aug.9,  Eliza  Anderson  2cx)  2  Suits  Light  Underwear. 

August  16,  Humboldt.. ;oo  1  1.1     1  ■         r^     ^ 

" I  Mackinaw  Coat. 

Grand  Total 792S  1744  2  pairs  Mackinaw  Pauls. 


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lARDING  IT 


Yukon  should 
f  most  iinport- 
nlioii  to  is  the 
us  winters,  and 
leni  to  provide 

heavy,   warm 

)  their  tdvant- 


Kat. 


iipers. 


Duck. 

ear. 
Ear. 


as. 


OUTFITTING 
FOR 


Klondike 


Should  exercise  the  greatest  caie  to  see  that  their  outfits 
are  correct  in  every  detail;  that  they  have  everything  that  is 
necessary  and  not  a  single  pound  more  than  required;  that  every- 
thing they  buy  is  especi;.l!y  adapted  to  the  needs  and  require- 
ments of  the  country,  and  that  the  qualitv  of  every  article  is  of 
the  very  best. 

Our  many  years  experience  in  the  Alaska  trade  has  taught 
ns  just  what  should  and  what  should  not  l.e  included  in  an  out= 
fit.  We  carr>-  only  the  very  best,  and  our  prices  are  as  low  as 
con.sistant  with  the  quality.  Not  how  Cheap,  but  how  Good, 
IS  our  motto.  We  can  furnisii  you  with  outfits  complete  in  tverv' 
detail  packed  as  experience  has  taught  Alaska  pioneers.  Good's 
must  be  packed  to  reach  their  destination  in  good  condition. 

Write  us  lor  any  information  you  may  desire  regardinir 
any  section  of  Alaska,  outfits,  transportation  or  any  other  Alaska 
mlormation  you  may  desire  and  we  will  cheerfully  furnish  you 
with  the  latest  facts  at  hand. 

The  MacDougal  &  South  wick  Co. 

7«7.  7"9.  721.  733  First  Avenue 

Seattle,  -  Washington 


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Alaska  Iixi'STRators'  Klondykh  and  Yikon  Glidk 


ROOM  FOR  ALL 

And  yet  there  is  room  for  all  iu 
Alaska.  There  are  regions  where 
rich  finds  have  been  made,  which 
are  not  yet  fully  located  by  claim- 
ants. 

Dividing     the    Yuhon    watershed 

into  upper,  lower  and  middle  por- 
tions, it  may  be  said  in  brief  that 
the  first  finds  were  tuade  in  the  up- 
jier  section,  the  next  in  the  midtlle 
section,  while  the  lower  portion  has 
not  been  so  much  as  explored. 

Refore  ex])'.oiling  the  Klondyke 
the  richest  recent  strikes  were  on 
Forty-Mile,  Sixty-Mile,  Miller,  Gla- 
cier and  r.irch  creeks,  Koyakiik  river 
and  their  "nranches.  Miller  creek  is 
the  richest  tributary  of  Sixty-Mile 
creek.  It  had  been  pro-peeled  more 
or  le.ss,  off  and  on,  before  1801'.  In 
that  year  $li7,M)()  w;  cleaned  up  on 
one  claim.  At  on.-  lime  12')  mines 
■were  on  the  creek. 

(Uacier  creek  is  parallel  with 
Sixty-Mile  creek  only  three  miles 
away.  The  dirt  runs  from  a  few 
cents  to  $i  a  pan. 

The  climate  befits  the  name.  iNIiu- 
ing  Recorder  Paddjck  made  a  trip 
of  sixty-five  miles  to  Jililler  creek  in 
winter  with  the  thermometer  rang- 
ing from  44  to  77  degrees  on  the 
wrong  side  of  zero.  There  are  nu- 
merous other  small  creeks  iu  this 
range  not  yet  fully  developed.  In- 
dian creek  has  been  prospected  for 
1(10  miles  and  has  furnished  some 
paying  claims. 

The  Yukon  is  formed  by  the 
junction  of  Lewis  river,  the  western, 
and  Pelly  river, the  eastern  branches, 
at  I'ort  Selkirk.  It  was  discovered 
by  a  Hudson  Hay  company  scout 
named  Robert  Campbell,  who  built 
Fort  Selkirk  iu  1848.  It  was  plund- 
ereil  and  destroyed  by  the  Indians 
in  18.32. 


Your  Food  Supply 


The  Most  Important  of  All 


One  year's  supplies  for  one  man 
OROCKRIKS 
.|iK^)  lbs.  I'lour, 


2o 
-1" 

25 
lOO 

40 
25 

75 
S 

150 

25 


lbs.  Corn  Jlcal. 

Rolled  Oats. 

Rice. 

lieans. 

Candles. 

Dry  .Sail  I'ork. 

Sugar,  granulated. 

Baking  Powder. 

liacon. 

Dried  Heef. 
2     "  vSoda. 
6  packages  Yeast  Cakes. 
.")o  lbs.  Silt,  I  lb.  Pepper. 
',2   lb.  Mustard,  ;^  lb.  (Jinger. 
20  lbs.  Apples,  evaporated. 

Peaches,  evaporated. 

Apricots,  evaporated. 

Pilted  Plums. 

Raisins. 

Onions,  evaporated. 

Pota'oes,  evaporated. 

Coffee. 

Tea. 

2  do/..  Condensed  Milk. 

3  bars  Tar  vSoap. 

5  bars  Laundry  Soap. 
1  Can  Matches,  60  pkgs. 

5  lbs.  Soup  Vegetables. 

1  bottle  Jamaica  Ginger. 
Butter,  sealed  cans. 
Tobacco. 

6  pots  Extract  of  beef  (4  oz.) 
I  qt.  evaporated  Vinegar. 


20 
20 
10 
5 
5 
25 
25 
10 


To  Prospective 

-J^LONDYKERS 


9 


Z' 


HE  OBJECT  ill  wn'ing  (his  iidvertisoniciit  is  to 
induce  you  to  buy  your  .suj)i)lics  of  us.  'J 'o  suc- 
ceed, we  should  be  able  to  give  vou  some  reasons 
why  you  should  delay  buying  until  vou  reach  Seattle,  the  port 
ot  dei^arture  for  Alaska.  Seattle's  facilities  for  handliiiii  (he 
Alaska  trade  are  the  most  advantageous.  'J'his  trade  is  not 
new  to  her.  AUhougli  the  trade  was  once  ciitirelv  controlled 
by  San  Francisco,  it  has  been  captured  by  'Seattle.  It 
amounts  to  an  enormous  sum  annually,  and  is  evidei;ce  of  the 
push  and  ability  to  handle  this  trade— ])eciiliarly  a  specialty— 
and  places  Seattle  in  a  unique  position,  to  sup].*lv  the  trade  as 
110  other  city  can. 

Tlie  re(|uireiuents  of  an  Alaska  miner  are  very  diflen-nt 
to  those  of  other  sections  and  only  experienced  caterers  to  that 
trade  know  what  is  needed.  You  niav  pav  dearlv  for  ex- 
periences that  can  be  avoided,  if  you  will  be  advLsed'hy  those 
in  a  j)osilion  to  give  a<lvice. 

There  is  no  rea.son  why  we  cannot  sell  goods  cheaper  than 
you  can  buy  similar  goods  elsewhere  aiuf  pav  freight  to  the 
coast. 

We  are  lUe  Laraest  and  Oldest  Dealers  i'>  Food 

Supplies  111  the  city,  and  employ  u  large  stall'  cai)able  of  sup- 
plying an  army  of  ])rospectors. 

We  cure  our  own  Bacon  and  Hams,  the  "1888  Brand" 
Home-Smoked,  Honey-Cured  Bacon  is  .specially  cured  and 
packed  to  keep  in  the  Alaska  climate. 

We  ]»ack  the  goods  ready  for  the  trail.  Write  us  for 
further  information. 

LOUCH,  AUGUSTINE   &   CO. 

Wholesale  Grocers 

815  and  817  First  Ave.  Seattle,  Wash. 

Packing  Hou5K  -Cor.  R.  R.  Ave.  and  Pike  vSt. 


i,Hi 


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Af.AHKA    Ir,I.USTRATORS'    Kl.ONDVKK   AND    YUKOX   Cil'IDE 


A  HARD  JOURNEY 

The  Cliilcoot  pass,  from  October 
to  March,  is  subject  to  furious 
storins  in  which  life  is  endanj^ered. 
the  graiie  is  not,  however,  very  bad, 
and  ihe  chief  cause  of  delay  has 
beeu,  this  season,  the  high  prices 
charged  for  carrying  goods  over  the 
pass  b>  the  Indians. 

In  winter  the  journey  is  made 
with  sledges,  drawn  partly  by  the 
miner,  partly  by  dogs,  if  lie  is  tak- 
ing in  a  full  outfit  of  provisions. 
Sometimes,  with  a  south  wind  lilow- 
ing,  the  tr.iveller  rigs  a  jury  mast  on 
his  sled  ami  hoists  an  extemporized 
sail,  and  goes  ice-boating  away 
towards  the  Arctic  circle  at  a  great 
rato  over  the  frozen  lakes  and  rivers. 
There  isn't  much  easy  going  of  this 
sort,  however,  and  the  winter  jour- 
ney is  by  no  means  to  be  recom- 
mended. Going  in  in  the  spring  is 
different.  The  best  time  is  early, 
before  the  snow  r.ielts,  as  supjilies 
can  then  be  sledded  over  the  pass, 
and  there  is  still  ice  left  in  the  lakes 
to  drag  or  sail  the  sleds  on. 

The  sled  should  be  about  seven 
and  a  half  feet  long,  seven  inches 
high  and  sixteen  inches  wide,  llrass 
runners  are  jireferable  to  steel,  and 
the  frame  will  be  much  more 
elastic  and  durable  if  lashed  to- 
gether after  the  native  fashion  tluui 
if  fastened  with  nails  and  bolts, 
which  weaken  the  wood  and  give 
no  •'play."  March  lo  is  early 
enough  to  start  from  Seattle  for  ii 
spring  trip. 

After  the  ice  has  melted,  canoes 
are  used  for  six  miles  after  leaving 
Ty-a.  Then  the  packs  are  taken  up 
through  the  canyon  to  Sheep  camp. 
The  next  six  miles  up  to  the  sum- 
mit of  the  pass  are  the   worst  of  the 


trip.  The  height  is  ;J,;J7.S  feet.  It 
is  eight  miles  and  a  half  from  the 
summit  down  to  Lake  I.inderman, 
an  easy  stage  with  snow  on  the 
ground,  but  rough  and  difficult  in 
summer. 


You  must 

be  Supplied 
u^ith 

(Dedicines 

But  we  hope  you  will  not  need  it. 
Must  be  uon-freezable,  and  specially 
prepared  for  the  Arctic  climate. 

Mrs.  Clarence  Berry,  the  lady  who 
picked  up  Jio,ocxj  in  nuggets  from 
the  dump  of  her  husband's  claim, 
just  for  pastime,  says: 

"I  took  a  good  medicine  ca.se  with 
me.  I  would  advise  every  one  to 
take  the  best  case  to  be  lound. 

On&  of  the 
IMPORTANT  FEATURES 

of  a  good 
Outfit 

Is  a  tent  suitable  for  the  country 
where  ropes  must  be  substituted  for 
poles  in  the  majority  of  cases. 


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DON7  GO 


TO  ALASKA 

WITHOUT    ONE    OF    OUR 


t 


Emergency 

medicine  cases 


We  put  up  a  compact  case  of  Medicines  coiitaininj,'  the  Remedies,  Bandages 
ami  appliances  likely  to  be  needed  on  the  trip. 

Remember,  We  Make  Outfitting  a  Specialty 
CLOSSON  &  KELLY 

DRUGGISTS 

Oi'KN  All  Night.     Cor.  Occideiital  Ave.  ami  Wivshiimtoii  St. 


K.  KRLAND 


C.  SUNDE 

SAILTW  TAKERS 
«ND  RIGGERS 


COmPliETE  OUTFITS 

//V  ANY  KIND  OF  CANVASS  GOODS 

We  carry  in  stock  wide  cotton  duck  in  all  weights  from    r?  to 

1 20  inches  wide. 

Yesler  Wharf,    foot  of  yesler  way.    Seattle,  ttlash. 


•  -i,p ' 


J.- 


IS 


Alaska  Ii.mstrators'  Ki.ondykk  and  Vikon  C.n 


DH 


AMOUNT  TAKEN  OUT 

Some  Who  Made  Strikes  on  the 
Klondike 

Toj-ive  an  accurate  list  of  those 
who  have  returned  from  the  north 
and  the  amounts  they  took  out 
would  he  impossihle.  Ik-low  i.s  ^'wen 
H  partial  list.  The  list  includes 
those  who  came  down  on  the  Excel- 
sior and  landed  at  San  I'rancisco,  as 
well  as  those  who  returned  on  the 
Portland  landiu}/  at  Seattle.  The 
list  foots  up  over  f2,(Mt(),()()().  ,\ 
partial  list  of  .strikes  rejjorted  as  fol- 
lows : 

Thomas  Cook   |  10,000 

."M.  S.  Norcross 10,000 

J.  Ernmcrger io,o«k» 

T.  S.  IJppy V)r>,(M)0 

Henry   Dore ,^,(,^,„|„ 

Victor  Lord i,-,.o(«) 

William  Stanley 1 1 L', 000 

Clarence    Berry i;ir)^()00 

Albert  Galhraith l.'),00() 

James  JIcMahon I  "),0(I0 

!•'.  G.  H.  Howker 00,000 

Joe  Ladue  io,00<) 

J.  B.  Holling.shead 2o,000 

Douglas  Mc Arthur lo'o(K) 

Bernard   Anderson   14,000 

Robert  Krook 14,000 

Fred  Lendesser ];^  000 

«e»Wall    .5„',)(),, 

William  Sloan .30^000 

John  Wilkerson 

Jim  Clemens 

Frank  Keller 

Sam  Collej   

Stewart  and  Hollenshead . . 

Charles  Myers  and   partner    22,000 

Johnny  Marks 10,000 

^'^•^  Orr io_'ooo 

^y^^  P'ice   15,000 

Fred  Latisceura 10  000 

1^'"'   "ell   .'.;     ,siV),)o 

Wdliam   Hayes ;-{.r,ooo 


.'iO.OOO 
60,000 
35,000 
25,000 
45,000 


YOU   NEED  SPECIAL 

Boots  and  Shoes 

Iieathep  and  Rubber 

GOODS 


I'ollowing  is  a  list  of  goods  neces- 
sary to  a  complete  outfit: 
T,  pairs  rubber  boots. 
2  pairs  overs  for  German  socks  ,ind 

felt  boots. 
2  pairs  miner's  and  prospector's  shoes 
2  pairs  .Arctic  socks. 
2  pairs  German  socks. 
Sole  and  lace  leather. 
Rubber  coinent  and  patching. 
Threads,  wax,  needles  and  awls. 
Shoe  nails. 
Repairing  outfit. 


Dick  McNulty 20,000 

Jake   Halterman lo.OOO 

Johnson  and  Olson 20.000 

Neil    McArthur 50,000 

Charles  Anderson 25,000 

Joe  Morris   i,r,'(„^ 

Hank    Peterson 12,(KI0 

James  McNam^e ]o  000 

Charles  Vest oooo 

Joe  Lowe ]r,„(,o 

Harry    A.sh 10,000 

J.  S.  Diusniore 8,000 

There  are  a  great  many  more  go- 
ing out  with  from  |5,000  to|10,000 
that  I  do  not  know. 


IVeare  indebted  for  much  ofthe 
information  in  this  pamphlet  to  the 
Seattle  Post-Intelligencer  and  the 
Seattle  Times. 


fiopthuAestepn  Shoe  Co. 

WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL 
We  Carry  the  Largest  and  Most  ('< unpick'  Line  of 


rIN  THH 
NORTH  WHS 


iiwiiNiimimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 


Have  Supplied  the  Ahiska  'TraiU'  for  Scvoii 

Years  and 

(luirenients. 


Years  and    Thoroughly   rn<h  i>taiid    its  Ke 


See  Our  Goods  and  Get  Our  Prices 


S{)ecial  Ke(hu;tions  Mado  to  Large  Parties. 


[ 


Prospectors,  fliners  and  Campers 


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If  K 


OUTFITS 


±x — & 


I »   A  V" 


Will  not  be  cuniplcte 
without  thev  have 


u 


liamont's  Compressed  Crystalizea  -=gg 


Handy  Vegetables 

For  Soups,  Stev/s,  etc,  are  l)etler  than 
the  Fresh.  They  are  cheaper,  more  conven- 
ient, and  will  keep  indefinitely.  Our  Potatoes, 
Onions,  Parsnips,  Carrots,  Turnips,  Cabbage, 
Beets,  Rhubarb  and  Pumpkin  are  better  than 
others  on  the  market,  as  we  are  the  oldest  in 
the  business  and  know  how  to  put  our  goods 
up  so 

TFpeg   Will    Keep  and   Give   Satisfaction 


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Ai,\SK\   Ii,i,r.sTK.\T(>:<s'  Ki.ondvkk  and  Vi  kon  (".cidf 


PAcrric  WAdoN  co. 


Ki:.\i)  this:  "TIk.  Ilickorv" 
liaiid-sli'd  is  ii  wundt'i'  ol'  (lie 
iig(>,  and  cannot  \)v  excelled 
lor  ciussiii";-  Hk;  AImsIoi  trails. 

It  is  iiuideol' see((iid-;j,l'o\vth 
luckory,  tiie  knoes  heinj^  fasl- 
ened  to  the  I'liiineriiiid  IhiicIi- 
es  with  our  jmlent  suckel  de- 
vice, made  ol'  soft  di()|)  steel 
loryin^s  with  two  steel  rods 
]iassiii^  throue-h  (he  runners 
and  socket  tubes,  whii'h  coni- 
Itines  rinnier.  knee,  hcncli  and 
rave  to;ic( her,  (hereby  niukin^' 
the  best,  lif;h(estand  nios(  du- 
ralile  sled  in  the  woi'Id. 

The  sled  is  so  constructed 
that  it  can  be  taken  apart  and 
[int  (ogcdicr  in  a  few  minutes. 

Tlie  combined  truck  sled 
and  washer  is  the  invention  of 
the  I'acilic  Waj-i.n  Co.  Tlie 
arrangement  is  sini|ile  and 
thorou<^idy  practical.  Two 
second-growth  hickory  pieces 
fastened  together  at  a  jiar- 
allel  distance  of  iil  inches. 
In  the  center  the  pieces  rest  on 
a  steel  axle  which  supports 
two  wheels.  Beneath  the  frame 
ropes  are  nsed  as  snpport.s  for 
the  baggage.  In  this  way  two 
men  one  jjullingand  the  other 
pushing  can  make  fast  time, 
when  at  this  season  of  the  year 
snow  is  off  the  ground.  Wiien- 
over  snow  is  reached  the  com- 
bination is  so  arranged  that 
by  taking  oil"  the  wheels  you 
have  II  sled.     After  reacliinir 


the  gidd  iields  this  eondtina- 
(ion  is  so  constructed  that  with 
a  frw  minutes  work  it  can  be 
converte(l  iido  an  excellent 
gold  wasiier  or  sluic*'  l)ox. 

They  are  sole  agents  for  the 
Klondyke  Never  Slip  horse- 
sh(»f's.  This  shoe  is  speciidly 
nuide  forclind)ing  the  Alaska 
niountiiins. 

Willi  I  his  shoe,  '"lOveiy  man 
his  own  liorsesboer."' 

If  in  Seattle,  don't  fail  to 
visit  the  Pacilic  Wagon  ( 'o., 
largest  works  on  the  I'acilic 
Cnast. 

QUARIZ   PROSPf-CTS 

Tlieie  seems  to  be  little  dniiht 
atiit)iij;  iiiiiiiiij,'  fxpcrls  that  I'xliii- 
sive  (|ii:irl/.  iniiifs  will  be  located  in 
tliis  Viikoii  eouiitry  Ijefoie  loii;,'. 
This  will  iiRaii  the  introduction 
into  that  country  of  all  sorts  of  im- 
proved niiiiinj,'  niachiuery,  lock 
drills,  stamp  mills  and  soon.  Just 
what  method  will  lie  emidoyed  to 
extract  ihe  ore  n\)ni  the  rock  will 
depend  on  what  kind  of  ore  is 
found.  It  may  only  have  to  be 
crushed,  and  separated  by  mercurv. 
It  may  be  refractory  ore  and  have 
to  <,'o  through  some  one  of  the  vari- 
ous processes  now  in  use  for  separ- 
ating such  ore. 

As  soon  as  the  mines  are  found 
means  of  transporting  the  machin- 
ery will  be  provided  and  the  mines 
will  bt  started.  Mines  in  rock,  of 
course,  will  not  be  delayed  by  the 
weather  conditions  which  I'nake 
placer  mining  so  diflicult  in  that 
country.  Rock  doesn't  freeze  and 
the  deeper  down  the  mines  go  the 
warmer  it  will  get,  so  perhaps  this 
kind  of  mining  will  be  the  pleas- 
auter  of  the  two. 


OIJK   SPECIALTIES   FOR  THE   KLONDYKE 

PACIFIC  WAGON   CO.  COMHIXKU 

TRUCK. 

SI  HI)  a  ml 

GOIJ) 

KOCKliK 

Ciivoat  lilfil 
•TIIK   IIICKOKY"    IIANO'IKI*     Chv.mI  1  i1  il. 


Ilofse  ]J(il>  Sleds  si.('ci;illy  adapted    lor  the  Alaska   'I'rails. 

'•NKVKH-SI.I1>   IIOIWK'IIOKS." 

C3r.  South  Third  and  Lune  Sts.  oppoMk  N.  1'.  IHpui. 

SKATTl.n,  WASHINUTON 


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Or  M.ilii;  A(lv;iiiccs 
(III  CiiiisiiiniiK'nt 


For    InfMrmalioii    on    Any 
Siilijccl  Ciiiim.clC(l  w  itli 
Ali'isku  or  Kloiiilykc 


Dexter  Dorton  8.  Co. 


Bankers 


Bring  vour  dust  in  and  have  il  accurately  weisli'^^'l,  wlulher 
vou  sell  us  or  not.     No  charKc  fur  weigliing 


Corner  First  Avenue  South  and  Washington  Stre.'ts,  SEATTLE.  WASH 


mm 


ALASKA   ILLUSTRATORS'   kr.ONnVKE   AN»    V.kox  GfinrC 

YOUTH   IN  THE   VAN 


A  pereunial   charm   of  Yukon  so- 
ciety IS  the  fresh  and  youtJiful  vigor 
of  the  men    found    there.     Probably 
the  average  is  less  than  thirty-five 
"An  old  miner-  docs  not  need  to  be 
an  old  man.     A   pioneer  in   the  re- 
},'ion  may  have  had   I,ut   ten  years' 
experience  and   be    bat   little  past 
tl'irty.     The    few    women     in    the 
nnnes  average  even  younger.     The 
unfortunate  there  are,    but  not  the 
aged,  and  poverty  takes  its  ills  phil- 
osophically, having  seen  too  many 
oftheupsand  downs  of  life  to  de- 
•spairofa  turn  in  the  luck. 

The  air  is  full  of  hope.  There  is 
zooue  in  it.  There  is  always  the 
■strike  next  week  to  allay  the  di.sap. 
pointments  of  to-day.  .^nd  some- 
tunes,  as  we  all  know  now,  the 
strike  of  to-day  to  salve  yesterday's 
sorrows. 


FOR  «OLD  HUNTERS 

Oen.  W.  W.  Duffidd,  superintend- 
ent  of  the  coast  and  geodetic  survey 
'■)  discussing  the  gold  .liscoveries  iu 
Alaska,  gives  this   advice  to  younjr 
men;  '^ 

"If  I  were  a  young  man,"  he  said, 
•  I  should  get  a  7o.ton  schooner  at 
Seattle,  take, •,.;pplies and  engage  the 
services  of  a   first-class  prospector. 
I  Should  cruise  along  the  southeast- 
ern part  of  .Maska.  in  what  is  called 
the   Alexander  archipelago.     There 
are  a  number  of  islands  there,  and 
more  gold  lodes  than  at  any  plpce 
with  which  I  am  acquainted.     The 
mining  would  not  be  'placers,'  but 
the  ore  can  be  gotten  out  verv  cheap- 
ly, and  being  directly  on  the  sea  the 


transportation  amounts  to  almost 
nothing,  except  the  time  .spent  o.j 
the  trip." 


NEW  ROUTES 

A  new  route  is  to  be  established 
to  the  Klondyke.     The  journey  will 
be  made  from  Seattle  to  Wran-el 
where  a   steamer  will  run    up  the 
Stickeen  river  a  distance  of  70  miles 
From  this  point  to  Lake  Teslin  the 
trip  will  be  made  by  stage.     Lake 
Teshn  is  at  the  head  of  the  Hoota- 
Iinqua  river,and  from  there  a  steamer 
will   ply   on  the  J.ewis  and  Yukon 
rivers  to  Dawson  City,  a  distance  of 
4.30  miles.     The  stage  line   will  be 
owned  uud  managed  by  John    MU 
man,  the  well-known  stage   proprie- 
tor.    He  will  place  ten  coaches  and 
100  horses  on  the  road.     The  fare  is 
to  be  for  the  staging  ^I  a  mile  for 
passengers. 


A  small  detachment  of  mounted 
police  will  procee.l  from  lidmonton 
Alberta,  ami  endeavor  to  reach  the 
Klondyke  from  the  eastern  slope  of 
the  Rocky   mountains.     Edmonton 
IS  the  most  northerly  railroad  point 
111  the  Canadian  Northwest  territorv 
heing   1!)()   miles  north   of  Calgary' 
The  route  to  be  followed  is  by  the 
way  of  Nelson  and  Laird  rivers  to 
the  Deafe.  and  up  this  river  to  the 
Pelly.     They   will  follow  the  Pellv 
river  to   its  junction  with  the  Lees 
and  the  Lees  to  the  Klondyks,  a  to- 
tal of  1370  miles.     This  is  not  the 
Mackenzie  river  route.  As  the  police 
are  to  take  horses  with  them  it  is  ob- 
vious that  authorities  consider  this 
route  practicable,  or  at  any  rate  is 
worth  examining. 


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EXPKRIENCED  HAN'S  ADVICE 
-Mr.  I'led  Prii-e  of  Seattle,  who  was 
one  of  till-    lucky    ones   wlio    catne 
down    from  the  KIond.Nke  the  past 
suninier    uith   several  tlioiisands  of 
dollars  in  crold  diist,  lia-^  some  ^f  "d 
advice  to  j;ive  to  those  who  are  in- 
tending to -o  to  the  gold  di-t^injrs. 
He   has  had  a  world  of  experience 
in  the  nlinin.^r  districts  of  the  North- 
west Territory  and  Alaska,  an.l  as  he 
has  profiled   by  his  expeiience,  and 
has  money  to  show,  his  words  have 
considerate   weight.     He  says:     'I 
would  advise  any  one  who  is  goi'ig 
to  the  mines  to  go  in  with  plenty  of 
provisions      There  is  j^old  all  over 
I'll';  it  cannot  he  eaten,  an.l  money 
or  its  equivalent  cannot  ahv.-iys  buy 
food.     r.,ast  year  there  was  almost  a 
famine    up    the    river,    and   in   the 
camps   around    Dawson    City    men 
were    living    on    beans    and    dour. 
Wlien   the  first  steamer  {;ot  in  last 
spring  I  saw  men  buy  canneil  goods 
and   delicacies  an<l   ;it   right  down 
and  eat  them.    -    -    It  will  cost  J4(l(l 
for   a   winter's    outfit    and    nobody 
bhoukl  take  less. 

"I  woidil  advise  not  starling  too 
late.  Those  who  are  going  up  now 
will  have  little,  if  any,  advantage 
over  the  men  who  will  go  north  in 
the  spring.  A  trip  up  to  the  mines 
by  the  river  route  takes  fortv  days; 
by  the  way  of  Dyea  and  Ska'giiay 
with  an  outfit  and  crossing  the  suiii- 
uiit  tlip  trip  takes  two  months. 

"It  is  a  haril  matter  to  find  a  loca- 
tion within  ')()  miles  of  Dawson  City, 
every  thing  having  baen  staked  out' 
but  the  tributaries  to  .Stewart  river 
have  never  been  prospected  vet,  and 
I  look  for  some  I ich  finds  up  there. 
There  is  just  as  good  pavdirtin  oth- 
er creeks  that  have  not  been  touched 
as  there  is  in  the  districts  that  have 
beeii  prospected  and  .staked  out." 


MOW  TO  BEAT  THE  CLIMATE 

There  aie  only  about  two  moiuhs 
of  summer  and  three  months  of 
open  working  weather  in  the  Vu- 
kon  region.  The  ice  gets  out  o:'  the 
livers  about  the  middle  of  June  an.l 
begins  to  skin:  over  their  surf.ices 
again  in  mi.l.Scjjteniber.  Mean- 
while, if  a  man  can  stan.l  it,  lie  has 
daylight  enough  to  work  twenty 
hours  a  .la\-. 

Thegroun.l  is  ]-.erp(  tually  fro/en, 
thawiiiv'  out  only  a  little  on  the  sur- 
face in  .summer.     Thawing  is  aided 
by  strip])ing  off  the  moss  that  covers 
its  surface,   thus   allowing  the  sum- 
mer heat,  w  hicli  is  as  violent  as  it  is 
brief,  to  do  its   work.     l!ut  the  min- 
ers have  not  the  patience  to  wait  for 
thesuii;   and   no   wonder.     So  they 
dig  and  tunnel  and  "drift"    all  win- 
ter, thawing  out  the  frozen  dirt  un- 
der their  cabins   by   building  fires, 
and  devote  the  open  weather  of  sum- 
mer to  washing  out    the   dirt  thu.i 
prepaied.      It    is    custoniarv    for    a 
man  to  g.)  -u   with    the  intention  .)f 
staying  tv.      y._ars.     If  he  strikes  it 
rich,   he   can   come   out  the  second 
summer  with    plenty   of  dust.     The 
first  is   devoted    to   sluicing,    while 
the  season    of  gcing    in— or  its  re- 
mainder—i  i  not  too  much  for  pros- 
poctingaii  i  picking  out  a  claim. 


Al.ASAKA    Il.I.rsrRATOR'S   Kl.ONDVKK    ANO    VrKON    CvtW.  -•> 

POINTS    FOR     PCUONOYKKWS 

Some    Rviless    to    I'niste    in    Your  Hat  on    the  Wny  to 
tlie   Nesv   Isanti   of  0«>lcl 


Vl-v 


On  the  road  to  the  gold  diKgiiigs  don't  waste  a  single  ounce  of  any- 
thing, even  if  you  don't  like  it.     Put  it  away  and  it  will  come  handy  when 

vou  will  like  it.  „      .•  ,  . 

'  K  it  is  ever  necessary  to  cache  a  load  of  provisions,  put  all  articles  next 
to  the  ground  which  will  he  most  affected  by  heat,  providing  at  the  same 
time  that  dampness  will  not  affect  their  food  properties  to  any  great  extent. 
After  piling  vour  stuff,  load  it  over  carefully  with  heavy  rocks.  Take  your 
compass  bearings,  and  also  note  in  your  pocket  some  landmarks  near  by. 
and  also  the  direction  in  which  they  lie  from  your  cache-i  e.,  make  your 
cache  if  possible,  come  exactly  north  and  south  of  two  given  prominent 
marks.  In  this  way,  even  though  covered  by  snow,  you  can  locate  your 
"existence."     Don't  forget  that  it  is  so. 

Shoot  a  dog,  if  vou  have  to,  behind  the  base  of  the  skull,  a  horse  be- 
tween the  ears,  ranging  dowrward.  Press  ihc  trigger  of  your  rifle;  don't 
pull  it  Don't  catch  hold  of  tlie  barrel  when  30  .legrees  below  zero  is  regis- 
tered.    Watch  out  for  getting  snow  in  your  iJarnl.     If  you  do,  don't  shoot 

it  out.  .  t       1 

\  little  dry  grass  or  hay  in  the  inside  of  your  niitls,  next  your  hands, 
x^ill  promote  great  heat,  especially  when  it  gets  damp  from  the  moisture  of 
your  hands.  After  the  mitts  are  removed  from  the  hands,  remove  the  hay 
fro>M  the  mitts  and  drv  it.     Failing  that,  throw  it  away. 

If  by  anv  chance  vou  arc  travelling  across  a  ph.in  (no  trail)  and  a  fog 
comes  up,  or'a  blinding  snowstorm,  either  of  which  will  prevent  you  taking 
your  bearings,  camp,  and  don't  move  for  anyone  until  all  is  clearagain. 


'Jia 


Ar.A.SK..  I,.r..sTK.ToRs-  K.o.vnvK,.;  .x,,  vukox  GtxnK 


tempte.l  to  leave  them  off.     I)o„H  U  ,,o  h  """'     ^   '"'^"«^v  is  often 

^-;:::;;:^:^-;-;^--— ^  '--  -^e  .e.  ....... .. 

'f  it  'H-gins  tc.  ,lra«  an.l  screech  '''"""^'  ""^-     ^^^P^-'  t"e  process 

^ut  ;:.t  •::';::  So-^'^rr^--  ■'-•■  --  p- .-.  a.,  pa. 

Uoubt.  "'""^''^  ""'fit  ''"K.  you  uiii  „,.e,l  it  later  on    no 

po«r:c:;f  ;;:,;r;:::;r*rr;'';;  -t '-  ■™ °°'' "'-» '»•■> 

white  lead.  '  '"^  ""'">  ''^  Poss'hle,  a  small  can  of  tar  or 

ami  cold.  '*'  ^°'^'^-  «"'!  also  pro  rata  during  the  heat 

^.o::z^:  -::;;:'.f:t::n;or.  °' v '''-  -''  "-^-  ---  >-  --'•' 

ll'e  case.  ^^^'^  ''°""-  ^ «"  ^-^""ot  tell  when  such  will  I,e 


Do 


In  building  a  sledL^e  iZu  7- '  ^'  '''"^  "  ^""  °'  '""ot- 

IvcepthehoodofvourkootelHh  l.nrl-    r  '^ 

a".l  a..ow  the  n.oi.sture  fron.  ,our  '^^.^W^.^  ;,:;;\  :^7>-  '^-^  too  cold. 

W  hen  your  nose  is  bitterly  cold    'sinfr       .      V  ^ 

tl.inKhoth  nostrils.     The  cold  will  Ise        '  '    """"'   -««'-«">- 

fi.st!w;i;:;;r^^'^'  "-'^^  ^^•^"  ^^^^^^  ^--^^  ^f  st„tr  over  ^.t  pass,  the 
thenl'nt."'^"-'^^^"^"''"  ^  -linnuemperature.  Dou't  hold 
^^^^^  J^o  ,^  can  continuous,,  drag  .ore  th«„  his  own  weight.     Ke.en.ber 

e.tr:;:r^  '^'""^"'^  ^"'"  ^'  --  -''  '-'.  -P  a  piece  of  r.r  over  each 
habiuZcnu"  ^'^'^""'^  '-'  '^•^''"-     ^^  '^  ^-o-s  inhabited,  free.e  the  in 

.,e  ^'-  --'-  ^"-«  -no.,  and  persistency  on  an  e.ped.tion 

White  snow  over  a  crevas^P    if  i.      i     • 

a  crevasse,   ,f  hard.    ,s  safe.     Yellow  or  dirty  color. 

Don't  eat  snow  or  ice      On  UnVuf,.      *-i 

snoot  a  deer  behi..d. he^^^ir-rh^'  ^'• 

«.eep  a  fire  hole  open  near  your  camp. 


Alaska  Ii.mstrators'  Ki.ondykk  and  Vi'kon  Oiidk 

REQULATIONS 

GOVERNING   PLACER  MINING 

— Along  the — 
And  its  Tributaries  in  the 

NORXHWBSX  TERRITORIES 


These  Rules  Do  Not  Govern  the  American  Side 

I'SKl'lTv  NOTKS  FOR  MINKRS 

(iold  and  silver  are  boiifihl  and  sold  by  'i'roy  weight; -4  grains  1  penny- 
weight, lid  pennyweights  I  onnoe,  lli  ounces  1  ])(.nind. 

The  price  established  by  the  I'liited  .Slates  (lovcrninent  for  pure  golil 
is  f2(>.(J7  per  ounce.     That  is  for  gold  lOflO  fine  or  '2i  karats. 

The  term  karat  is  used  by  jewelers  to  ex]>ress  the  degrees  of  fiiiene-is 
of  gold,  divided  into  1.'4  degrees  or  karats. 

I'ure  gold  is  24  karats  fine  and  worth  ^2(t.(i7  jier  ounce. 
22  karat  gold,  f  IS  <)4  IC  karat  gohl  $\:',.~H  1(1  karat  gold,  jfH.Cl 

20       "         "       17.21'  14       •'         "       12(>")  S       "         "       (l.SU 

18       "         "       15.00  12       •'         "       lO.;!.'!'.  ,    ()       "         ••       .-).1(1 

(iold  in  jewelry  is  ■  .'Idoni  less  than  (i  kaials  fine. 


Gold  l(l(Mt  fine  is  worth  i;20.()7  r'  "z 
Um  "  !«.()(»     " 

,S((()  "  1()..-,;!     " 

7(H»  •'  14.47     " 

600  "  12.40     •' 


Cold  "lOO  fine  is  worth  JIO..'!:;  >>  oz 
4(iO  "  ,S2(J     •' 

MOO  "  (i.20     •■ 

200  "  4.1.'.     •' 

101)  '■  2.0G     '■ 


Many  persons  are  mistaken  in  thinking  all  ounces  to  lie  alike.  .An 
ounce  Troy  or  .Xpotheraries'  weiglit  contains  4S0  Troy  grains;  an  oiirce 
Avordupois  weiglit  contains  4.'!7  '<  Troy  grains. 

The  grain  is  the  unit  of  Troy  and  Apolhec.-iries'  weight,  and  the  ounce 
is  the  unit  of  the  .Avoirdui)ois  weight. 

One  pound  Troj-  or  .Apothecaries'  weight  contains  5700  Troy  grains; 
one  pound  .Avoirdupois  weight  contains  7(iOO  Troy  grains. 

All  natural  gold — that  is,  gold  extracted  from  r"cks  or  washed  from 
the  beds  of  streams — contaitis  some  alloy,  generallj-  silver,  but  someliuus 
platinum,  copper  and  telluriam,  and  it  varies  in  amount  in  different  locali- 
ties. This  is  tlie  reason  son'e  miners  arc  disappointed  when  they  sell  their 
gold,  as  they  imagine  all  gold  to  be  pure 

l.\TKRrRKTATION 
Bar  diggings  shall  mean  any  part  of  a  river  over  which  the  water  ex 
teuds  when  the  water  is  in  its  flooded  slate,  aud  which  is  not  covered  at  low 
water. 


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Af.ASK.V    Il.I.lSTRAroKS'    Kr.O.NnVKK   AND    Vl  KOX    Gl  IDK 


Mines  on  benches  shall  be  known  as  bencli  (li^^>,'in<,'s,  and  shall  (or  the 
pnrpose  of  .letininf?  the  size  of  snch  claims,  be  excepted  from  dry  diggings. 

Miner  shall  n.c.-..i  a  male  or  female  over  the  age  of  IH,  but  not  nndcr 
that  age. 

Claims  shall  mean  the  personal  right  of  property  in  a  placer  miic  or 
diggings  during  the  time  for  whicli  grant  of  such  mine  or  .liggings  is  made 

Legal  post  shall  mean  a  stake  standing  not  less  than  four  feet  above  the 
ground  aiul  squared  on  four  sides  for  .it  least  one  foot  from  tlie  top  notli 
sides  so  sfjuared  shall  measure  at  least  four  inches  across  the  face  It  shall 
also  mean  any  stump  or  tree  cut  olT  and  sqnarc.l  or  faced  to  the  above 
height  and  size. 

Close  season  shall  mean  llie  perio.l  of  the  year  .hiring  which  placer 
nun.ng  ,s  generally  suspended.  The  period  to  be  fi.xed  by  the  gold  com. 
missioner  in  whose  district  the  claim  is  siinated. 

Locality  shall  mean  the  territory  along  a  river  tributary  to  the  Yukon 
aiiil  its  aflluents. 

-Mineral  shall  include  all  minerals  whatsoever  other  than  coal. 

NATrR]-;  AND  si/}.;  <)|.-  CI,AIMS 

nar  diggings  shall  be  a  strip  of  lan.l  100  feet  wi.le  at  liigh-water  mark 
an.l  thence  extending  along  into  the  river  to  its  lowest  water  level 

riie  sides  of  a  claim  for  bar  diggings  shall  be  two  parallel  lines  run  as 
nearly  as  possible  at  right  angles  to  the  stream,  and  shall  be  marked  bv  four 
Uga  posts,  one  attach  eiul  of  llie  claim  at  cr  ab.nit  the  e.lge  of  the  water 
Dry  diggings  shall  be  1(0  feet  square  and  shall  have  phice.l  at  each  of 
Its  ,our  corners  a  legal  post,  upon  one  of  which  .O.all  be  Icgibly  marked  the 
n  line  of  the  miner  and  the  ,late  upon  which  the  claim  was  stake.l 

Creek  and  river  cla-n.s  shall  be  oOO  feet  long,  measured  in  the  direction 
o,  the  genera   course  of  the  stream,  and  shall  extend  in  wi.lth  from  base  t 

H  the  hdl  or  bench  on  each  side,  but  when  the  hills  or  benches  a  e 
less  tli :,..  1.  0  feet  apart,  the  claim  may  be  lOO  feet  in  depth.  The  si  "s  of 
a  cam.  shall  be  two  parallel  lines  run  as  nearly  as  possLe  at  right  an^le! 
t  the  stream,  riie  sides  shall  be  marke.l  with  legal  posts  at  or  al  on  the 
edge  o.  .he  water  and  at  the  rear  boundaries  of  the  claim.  O  e  oHhTl^e^^^^^ 
p.s,s  at  the  stream  .shall  be  legibly  marked  with  the  name  of  the  ni^e  a  m 
the  date  upon  which  the  claim  was  staked. 
Bench  claims  .shall  be  lOO  feet  square 

In  defining  the  size  of  the  claims,  they  shall  be  measured  horiz^ntallv 
n  respective  of  in.  qualities  on  the  surface  of  the  ground  ^  ' 

If  any  person  or  persons  shall  discover  a  new  mine   a.wl  «„ni,   i 
shall  be  established  to  the  satisfaction  of  ihe  Tol  <l>scovery 

for  the  bar  diggings  7.0  feet  in  length  nt,,:  g;:nLd~"'"^'  '  ^''^'•" 

the  1= rr  .;::[Sr^:^:;;i:;-- tr '  '\'  ''-''^-  ^•^- 


Ar.ASKA    IM.USTRATDRS'    KI.ONDYKK    .VNI)    VlKOM   CiuinB 


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The  forms  of  application  for  a  amuV  for  placer  illinium'  .iiid  the  i^raui 
of  the  same  shall  be  those  contained  in  forms  II  and  I  of  the  Kef;nlation  of 
IMacer  Mining. 

A  claim  shall  be  recorded  with  the  Cold  Commissioner  in  whose  district 
it  is  situated  within  three  days  after  the  location  theieof,  if  it  is  located 
within  ten  miles  of  the  Commissioner's  oflke.  One  extra  day  shall  be  al- 
lowed  for  making  such  record  for  every  additional  ten  miles  anil  fraction 

theieof. 

lu  the  event  of  the  absence  of  the  Cold  Commissioner  from  his  office, 
entry  for  a  claim  may  b-' granted  by  any  person  whom  he  may  appoint  to 
perform  his  duties  in  his  absence. 

Entry  shall  not  be  granted  for  a  claim  which  has  not  been  staked  by 
the  applicant  in  person,  in  the  manner  specified  in  these  regulations.  An 
AtTidavit  that  the  claim  was  staked  out  by  the  applicant  shall  be  embodied 
in  form  II  of  the  Regulations  of  Placer  Mining. 

An  entry  fee  of  |ir,  shall  be  charged  the  first  year  and  an  annual  fee  of 
$m)  for  each  of  the  following  years.  This  provision  shall  apply  to  the  loca- 
tions for  which  entries  have  already  been  granted. 

After  the  recording  of  a  claim,  the  removal  of  any  post  by  the  holder 
thereof,  or  any  person  acting  in  his  behalf,  for  the  purpose  of  changing  tlie 
boundaries  of  his  claim,  shall  act  as  a  forfeiture  of  the  claim. 

Theentry  of  every  holder  for  a  grant  for  placer  mining  must  be  re- 
newed, and  his  receipt  relinquished   and   replaced   every  year,  the  entry  fee 

being  paid  each  year. 

No  miner  shall  receive  a  grant  for  more  than  one  mining  claim  in  the 
same  locality;  but  the  same  miner  may  hold  any  number  of  claims  by  pur 
chase,  and  any  number  of  miners  may  unite  to  work  their  claims  in  com- 
mon upou  such  terms  as  lliev  may  arrange,  provided  such  agreement  be 
registered  with  the  Gold  Commissioner,  .md  a  fee  of  Jo  paid  for  each  regis- 
tration. 

Any  miner  or  miners  may  sell,  mortgage,  or  dispose  of  his  or  their 
claims,  provided  such  disposal  be  registered  with,  and  a  fee  of  fJ  paid  to 
the  Gold  Commissioner,  who  shall  thereupon  give  the  assignee  a  certificate 
in  form  J  of  the  Regulations  of  Placer  Mining. 

Every  miner  shall,  during  the  continuance  of  his  grant,  have  the  ex" 
elusive  right  of  entry  upon  his  own  claim  for  the  miner-like  working 
thereof  and  the  construction  of  a  residence  thereon,  and  shall  be  entitled 
exclusively  to  all  the  proceeds  realized  therefrom;  but|he  shall  have  no  sur- 
face rights  th»rein,  and  the  Gold  Commissioner  may  grant  to  the  holders 
of  adjacent  claims  such  rights  of  entry  thereon  as  may  be  absolutely  neces- 
sary for  the  working  of  their  claims,  upon  such  terms  as  may  to  him  seem 
reasonable.  He  mav  also  grantlpermits  to  miners  to  cut  timber  thereon  for 
theirownuse,  upon  payment  of  the  dues  prescribed  by  the  regulations  in 

that  behalf.  ,       ,,     „ 

Every  miner  shall  be  entitled  to  so  much  of  the  water  naturally  flowing 
through  or  past  his  claim,  and  not  already  lawfully  appropriated,  as  shall, 


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in  the  opinion  of  the  Gold  Commissioner,  be  necesssrv  for  the  due  workinR 
thereof,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  drain  his  own  claim  free  of  charge. 

A  claim  shall  be  deemed  to  be  abandoned  and  open  to  the  occupa 
tion  and  entry  by  any  person  when  the  same  shall  have  remained  un- 
worke,.  on  working  .lays  by  the  grantee  thereof  or  by  some  person  on  his 
behalf  for  the  space  of  seventy-two  hours,  nnless  sickness  or  other  reason- 
able  cause  may  be  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Gold  Comnmsioner  or 
unless  the  grantee  is  absent  on  leave  given  by  the  Gold  Co.nmissioner.  an.l 
the  Gold  Commissioner,  upon  obtaining  evidence  satisfactory  to  himself 
that  this  provision  is  not  being  complied  with,  may  cancel  the  entry  given 
for  a  claim.  '  ^  b'^^" 

If  the  land  upon  wlii.-h  a  claim  has   been   located  is  not  the  nropertv  of 

^b  ""r'.r  ",'"  T  '""■"^'■^'  '■"'■  ""  ^'^^■''""  ^^""  "PP''-  f-  entry  to  fur. 
n.sh  proof  that  he  lias  acquired  from  the  owner  of  the  land  the  surface  right 
before  eiilry  can  be  granted.  ^ 

If  the  occupier  of  the  lands  has  not   received  a  patent  therefor,  the  pur- 
chase money  of  the  surface  rights  must  be  paid   to  the  Crown,  and  a  p.L.t 
of     es„r,,ce  rights  shall    be  issued  to  the   party  who  accpiir^l  the  mining 
ghts.     I  he  nion.y  so  collected  will  either   be  refunded  to  the  occupier  of 
he  land  when  he  is  entitled  to   a   patent    therefor,    or  will  be  credUed  to 
him  on  account  of  pavineut  for  land.  'e  crenited  to 

menrwin"  ;!'"''''■''■  "'''''"""*''''"  """'••^^   "'^''"^'^  cannot  make  an  arrange- 

ha     l"  r,r'T-"""°''"''^  '•"-'    ^'^^--   of  the  surface  rights,   it 

shall  be  lawful  for  him  to  give  notice  to  the  owner,  or  his  agent,  or  the  oc 

Z::'lrT:''''"rf"'°''  ^^  -^^    ^^•'^"   ^"°^'"^'-  -^'ato;  named  " 
"u     r  lain  ""r  1    r  "r""'  "'  compensation  to  which  the  owner  or 
occupant  shall  be  entitled.     The  notice   n.eutione.l   in  this  .section  shall  be 
according  to  form  to  be  obtained  upon  application   from  the  Gold  Com.  ^ 
s.onr  for  the  district  in  which  the  lands   in    question    lie,  and  shall      '^i 
practicable,  be  personally  served  on  such  owner  or  his  agLnt.  if  know^   o 
occupant,  and  afte,  reasonable  efforts  h.ve  been   made   to  efl^ect  person  a 
service  without  success,  then  such  notice  shall  be  serv.^l  upon  such  o'v; 
or  agent  within  a  period  to  be  fixed  by   the  Gold  Commiss  o"  r  befo^r  1  I 
expiration  ofthe  tune  limited  in  such   notice.     If  the  proprietor    efues  or 
declines  to  appoint  an  arbitrator,  or  when,    for  anv  otLr  reason   no  arl^ 
trator  IS  appointed  by   the  proprietor  in   the  tin.e'lin   te,  tl^efor  h;    he" 
notice  provided  for  in  this  section,  the  Gold  Commissioner  f^or  the  d    t  i  ! 
in  which  the  lands  in  ,nestion  lie.  .shall,  on  being  satisfied  by  Ilidavit  t   - 
such  notice  has  come  to  the  knowledge  of  such  owner,  age,     70™,* 
or  that  such  owner,  agent  or  occupant   willfully  evade     the  ser4e  oS 
notice,  or  cannot  be  foun.l.  and  that   reasonable  efforts  have  be  n  nl    to 
effect  such  service,  and  that  the  notice   was   left  at   the  last  place  "f  abode 
of  such  owner,  agent  or  occupant,  appoint  an  arbitrator  on  his  behalf 

All  arbitrators  appointed  nnder  the  authority  of  these  regulations  shall 
be  sworn  before  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  to  the  impartial  dischSge  of,  he  h 
ties  assigned  to  them,  and  they  shall  forthwith  jLceed  to  eSate  the  rea-' 


;-- «f-v-       '  ■■■iw;»  f^  **y  vTV 


Alaska  Ii.i,usyrat(>us'  Klondykk  an'o  Yukon  Ciiidk 


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soiiable  (laiiiafjes 'A'hich  the  owner  oi  occupant  of  such  lands,  according  to 
their  several  interests  therein,  shall  sustain  \>y  reason  of  such  prospecting; 
and  mining  ojjerations. 

In  estimating  such  damages  the  arbitrators  shall  determine  the  value 
of  the  land,  irrespective  of  any  cnliancement  thereof  from  the  existence  of 
mineral  therein. 

In  case  such  arbitrators  cannot  agree  they  may  select  a  third  arbitrator, 
and  when  the  two  arbitrators  cannot  agree  upon  a  third  arbitrator,  the 
(Void  Commissioner  for  the  district  in  which  the  lands  in  (jnestion  lie  shall 
sel.'ct  such  thin!  arbitrator. 

The  awanl  of  any  two  such  'arbitrators  made  in  writing  shall  be  final, 
and  shall  be  filed  with  the  Gold  Commissioner  for  the  district  in  which  the 
la::ds  lie. 

If  any  cases  arise  for  which'no  provision  is  made  in  these  regulations, 
thf  provisions  governing  the  disposal  of  mineral  lands  other  that;  coal 
lands,  approved  by  His  Iv'ccellency,  the  Governor,  in  council,  on  the  i)th 
day  of  November,  188i),  shall  apply. 


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